A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 5: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; In Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms,

Excerpt from A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels, Vol. 5: Containing Whatever Is Worthy of Notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; In Respect to the Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; Their Climates, Soil, Produce, &CYou will grant, after this' defcription of the horrors of an Italiano' Journey, that one ought to take no {{1111111 pleafure in treading on clafiic ground, yet, believe me, I have not caricatured; every article of it is lite rally true.If we compare modern Rome, With regard to its prefent extent, and the number of inhabitants, with feveral other dues in the world, we Pfhall find many that furpafs it; but, when we add the power and influence it has maintained, during'fo many centuries, o'ver many powerful nations, Rome never had its equal in the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.